Uncertainty At Safety Spots For Sunday

With Atari Bigby out with a knee injury, Nick Collins' status uncertain due to an injury and Aaron Rouse no longer on the roster, who will be in the starting lineup at safety on Sunday for the Packers at St. Louis is up in the air.

Rouse, a third-year player who started at strong safety in place of Bigby this past Sunday against Cincinnati, was released on Wednesday morning by the Packers. His roster spot was filled by free-agent safety Matt Giordano, who spent his first four seasons in the NFL (2005-08) with Indianapolis before being released just prior to the start of the regular season.

"In our conversation with (Aaron) I just felt that his ability to be consistent and the growth part of it is one of the reasons that we made the change," McCarthy said. "But there are other factors involved based on availability, without getting into all of that. That's really the landscape of personnel in the National Football League, timing and things like that, special teams. T..